Whether you dance, sing, dream or do all three... ETTA International is waiting for you! Join us in making the ARTS accessible for all persons regardless of perceived ability. Art is within our perception. It becomes real as we believe in our ability and begin to see the world through "artistic" eyes ! Throughout Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden counties... the ARTS are spreading to ALL ABILITIES ! Artists and individuals join together to make ART and recognize the GIFTEDNESS of ALL !

About Me

Artistic Director of The Rainbow Players and ETTA International. www.ETTA-International.org A performing artist for more than 25 years across Canada, the US, Ireland and the Dominican Republic. Stilt-dancer, mask-maker, clown, theater directer and puppeteer, performance artist: teaches classes in improvisation and developing characters through traditional stories, workshop series, mask-making and performance. Contact me for more information: ezzellfloranina@gmail.com .

Invite ETTA and the Rainbow Players Improvisation Theater Troupe to a theater or office NEAR YOU!

Invite The Rainbow Players to come to your school for Workshops in the issues of Bullying and Discrimination or any issue that is arising in your school community. Presented in an inclusive and easily accessible format with Improvisation and Conflict Resolution Techniques with the methods of theater games and the techniques of Augusto Boal, it is possible to have a great time while solving challenging issues!

Or invite us to your place of business or your home for a private party or your organization's conference as a "keynote" to see how individuals with the label of "developmental disability" have overcome the stigma of dis-abled to living unabashedly and creatively as their unique selves!"Gifted" is the new paradigm.... Join us to see how we open our thinking and abilities!!

Empowerment Through The Arts International News!

The Rainbow Players Improvisation Theater Troupe is 10 YEARS OLD - 2000-2010 !ETTA International (Empowerment Through The Arts) grew in response to a NEED to CREATE. It is human to want to create ART. It is everyone's RIGHT to create ART! ETTA Internationalis dedicated to creating InclusiveArts opportunities for the enrichment and empowerment of individuals labeled as “developmentally disabled”. ETTA International brings this: training in the arts. Through mentor-ships and classes with The Rainbow Players, artists and art teachers, the dream becomes reality. All human beings are honored for their gifts and creativity.

With the seasoned theater troupe, The Rainbow Players, presenting at conferences and giving workshops in schools, leadership and dreams ARE coming true.From Amherst, Massachusetts to Dundalk and Galway, Ireland, to Omaha, Nebraska- the group has touched thousands of individuals with their candid and often humorous stories told through the medium of improvisation.

See for yourself!Invite The Rainbow Players to come to your school, your place of business, your home for a private party or your organization's conference to see how individuals with the label of "developmental disability" have overcome the stigma of dis-abled to living unabashedly and creatively as their unique selves!"Gifted" is the new paradigm.... Join us to see how we each limit our thinking and abilities!!

The year, 2008, has been a busy one and promises to just get more exciting and busier! We started in March with Ezzell Floranina, stiltwalker and storyteller going on an international performing tour to the Dominican Republic with Chris Yerlig, mime artist of www.mimealot.com on a tour of all the schools for the deaf in the country. This trip was made possible by Project Troubador, www.projecttroubador.org as they send groups around the world.

Then in May, The Rainbow Players presented at an international conference for Theater for Social Justice with Augusto Boal (Theater of the Oppressed) in Omaha, Nebraska: Pedagogy and Theater of the Oppressed 14th Annual Conference. In June, the troupe presented another conference presentation at the 24th DMR (Dept. of Mental Retardation) Annual Human Rights Conference in Worcester, MA. July was full of theater and mask-making workshops in Amherst, MA. The Annual Rock n' Roll n' Bowl-a-Thon Rocked!

Join us in 2009 to celebrate 10 YEARS AND COUNTING..! Be a part of our ARTistic community!